The Laura Burton Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (November 3, 1950)

“The Laura Burton Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 3, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the strangled death of Laura Burton, a wealthy heiress found dead in a cheap waterfront hotel. Her husband Robert Burton, a charming dockworker who married into money, becomes the prime suspect when he disappears after the discovery of her body. Clover tracks Burton down and brings him in for questioning, but Burton's smooth lawyer has already coached him on what to say.

New York City, primarily the waterfront and Park Avenue, including a cheap waterfront hotel and a wealthy Park Avenue mansion.

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Robert Burton, Laura Burton, Muriel Carlson, Laura's sister, Marty Dixon, dockworker and Burton's former roommate, Detective Mugam

Listen for: The atmospheric noir opening describing Broadway and the waterfront, the discovery of Laura Burton's body, Clover's interviews at the Park Avenue mansion and among Burton's waterfront acquaintances, and Burton's evasive interrogation with his lawyer's coaching.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.